![]() ![]() ![]() No hovel, by reason of its commanding height it was later used as a shipping beacon. From the uppermost rooms, there is a fine view across the wide estuary to the northern coast of Wales. A tall building, known as Swan Cottage, still stands on a bank at Denhall. Probably he worked in connection with the pit. The pit at Denhall had been opened in 1750, and Henry Lyon was identified on Emy's baptismal certificate as smith 'of Ness'. The parish of Neston wa described in 1809 as one of the most miserable townships on the Peninsula, a collection of hovels inhabited only by colliers. She was born in Ness, near Denhall, on the windy Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, overlooking the Dee estuary. It seems reasonable to assume she was born in the year of her baptism. As no record of her birth survives, the year of her birth is not known for sure, but her parents, Henry and Mary Lyon, were married on 11 June 1764. That, at least, is the date she always celebrated as her birthday. ![]() ExcerptsCHAPTER ONE From Hawarden to Sir Harry Emma Hamilton began life as Emy Lyon on 26 April. ![]()
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